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Ave Maria … virgo serena

Introduction

This motet is one of Josquin’s early works, composed probably in France in the late 1470s. Its text celebrates the five Corporeal Joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary—her Conception, Nativity, Annunciation, Purification and Assumption—and it ends with a personal prayer: ‘O Mother of God, remember me.’

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Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, Virgin serene. Hail to you, whose conception, full of solemn joy, fills all things in both heaven and earth with new happiness. Hail to you whose birth was for us a festival, like the rising light of the morning star heralding the true sun. Hail blessed humility, who conceived without man’s aid, whose annunciation was our salvation. Hail true virginity, spotless chastity, whose purification was our cleansing. Hail to one admirable for all angelic virtues, whose assumption was our exaltation. O Mother of God, remember me. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, Virgin serene. Hail to you, whose conception, full of solemn joy, fills all things in both heaven and earth with new happiness. Hail to you whose birth was for us a festival, like the rising light of the morning star heralding the true sun. Hail blessed humility, who conceived without man’s aid, whose annunciation was our salvation. Hail true virginity, spotless chastity, whose purification was our cleansing. Hail to one admirable for all angelic virtues, whose assumption was our exaltation. O Mother of God, remember me. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, Virgin serene. Hail to you, whose conception, full of solemn joy, fills all things in both heaven and earth with new happiness. Hail to you whose birth was for us a festival, like the rising light of the morning star heralding the true sun. Hail blessed humility, who conceived without man’s aid, whose annunciation was our salvation. Hail true virginity, spotless chastity, whose purification was our cleansing. Hail to one admirable for all angelic virtues, whose assumption was our exaltation. O Mother of God, remember me. Amen.